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Well you sure didn't look like you were having any fun
With that heavy-metal gaze they'll have to measure in tons
And when you look up at the sky
All you see are zeros
And all you see are zeros and ones

The masterfade
I coulda played along
The masterfade
I coulda played Mah Jongg
But it just takes too long

And I just can't remember which way the east wind blows
Does it matter if we're all matter
What's the matter
Does it matter if we're all matter when we're done
When the sky is full of zeros and ones

I saw you standing all alone in the electrostatic rain
I thought at last I'd found a situation you can't explain
With GPS you know it's all just a matter of degrees
Your happiness won't find you underneath that canopy of trees

If the green grass is 6 and the soybeans are 7
The junebugs are 8 the weeds and thistles are 11
And if the 1s just hold their place the 0s make a smiley face
When they come floating down from the heavens

You took my hand and led me down to watch a papillon parade
And we let the kittens lick our hair and drank our chalky lemonade
You squeezed my hand and told me softly that I shouldn't be afraid
Cause all the while your finger's resting gently on the masterfade

The masterfade
I coulda played along
The masterfade
I coulda played Mah Jongg
But it just takes too long

And who the hell can remember which way the east wind blows
When you're lying on the ground staring up at that inverted compass

I mean Christ, who knows

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